Summary of incident T1DM patient characteristics (n=187)
| Total (n=187) | January–July 2019 (n=98) | January–March 2020 (n=43) | April–July 2020 (n=46) | p value | |||||
| n | Col% | n | Col% | n | Col% | n | Col% | ||
| Gender | 0.718 | ||||||||
| Male | 90 | 48% | 46 | 47% | 23 | 53% | 21 | 46% | |
| Female | 97 | 52% | 52 | 53% | 20 | 47% | 25 | 54% | |
| Age (years) | 0.174 | ||||||||
| Under 5 | 32 | 17% | 22 | 22% | 5 | 12% | 5 | 11% | |
| 5–11 | 87 | 47% | 43 | 44% | 18 | 42% | 26 | 57% | |
| 12+ | 68 | 36% | 33 | 34% | 20 | 47% | 15 | 33% | |
| BAME background | 0.484 | ||||||||
| No | 168 | 90% | 87 | 89% | 41 | 95% | 40 | 89% | |
| Yes | 18 | 10% | 11 | 11% | 2 | 5% | 5 | 11% | |
| COVID-19 isolation/shielding | 0.012 | ||||||||
| No | 183 | 98% | 98 | 100% | 43 | 100% | 42 | 91% | |
| Yes—self-isolation | 3 | 2% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 7% | |
| Yes—shielding | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2% | |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis | 0.624 | ||||||||
| No | 112 | 60% | 59 | 61% | 26 | 60% | 27 | 59% | |
| Mild/Moderate | 46 | 25% | 25 | 26% | 12 | 28% | 9 | 20% | |
| Severe | 28 | 15% | 13 | 13% | 5 | 12% | 10 | 22% | |
| Ventilation | 0.607 | ||||||||
| No | 182 | 97% | 94 | 96% | 43 | 100% | 45 | 98% | |
| Yes | 5 | 3% | 4 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2% | |
| ICU stay | 0.625 | ||||||||
| No | 169 | 91% | 90 | 92% | 39 | 93% | 40 | 87% | |
| Yes | 17 | 9% | 8 | 8% | 3 | 7% | 6 | 13% | |
| HCP visits before diagnosis | 0.673 | ||||||||
| 1 | 164 | 92% | 87 | 92% | 37 | 95% | 40 | 89% | |
| >1 | 15 | 8% | 8 | 8% | 2 | 5% | 5 | 11% | |
BAME, black, Asian and minority ethnic; Col%, Column Percentage; HCP, Healthcare Professionals; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; T1DM, type 1 diabetes.